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How the debate started in India

The issue made headlines when BSNL unveiled the Fixed Mobile Telephony service to let customers travelling abroad connect their landlines to mobiles and make calls without ISD charges.

Private operators alleged it bypassed norms, including Interconnect Usage Charges/IUC- a charge paid by an operator to another when its subscriber makes a call to the other.

Amid the furore, TRAI started a consultation in May'16.

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What does the regulator have to say?

TRAI has several recommendations: such services will be independent of operators; subscribers will be assigned the same number for cellular and internet services; and quality of calls won't be monitored.

Such calls will attract normal IUC.

IP address will be a mandatory part of call records.

Calls from international roaming subscribers will be routed through 'International Long Distance Operators'. Termination charges will be payable.

What do telcos think about the suggestions?

TRAI's suggestions differ from the stand of the COAI, which believes "internet telephony can only be provided by a licensee using its own access network". Several rules required more clarity, the industry said, including that of IUC. Rajan S Mathews, DG COAI, said they will consult stakeholders.